All Roll Calls
Yes: 249 • No: 68
ColoradoSB25-2902025 Regular SessionSenate
Stabilization Payments for Safety Net Providers
Sponsored By: Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Kyle Brown (Democratic), Kyle Mullica (Democratic), Shannon Bird
Signed by Governor
Health Care & Health Insurance
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Backup money protects unclaimed-property claim payments
The Treasurer must use General Fund money when unclaimed-property claims exceed the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund’s balance. The transfer must cover the amount needed to pay claims. The Treasurer must tell the Joint Budget Committee about the transfer and its amount. The law does not change who qualifies to claim unclaimed property.
More funding for safety-net health providers
Colorado creates stabilization payments to help safety-net health providers maintain care for low-income uninsured patients and Medicaid and Children’s Basic Health Plan members. Eligible providers include federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, comprehensive community behavioral health providers, and primary care providers whose caseload is at least 50% Medicaid, Children’s Basic Health Plan, or low-income uninsured patients. Providers must offer free or sliding-fee care and submit eligibility evidence and patient counts each year, counting people rather than visits. Payments depend on each provider’s share of eligible uninsured patients: people earning no more than 200% of the federal poverty guideline, without Medicaid, Medicare, Children’s Basic Health Plan coverage, or any third-party payment for the service. Payments require annual legislative funding and add to, rather than replace, General Fund reimbursements; they are exempt from state procurement rules. For 2025–26, the law provides $25 million: $24.845595 million for provider payments, $138,505 for two additional staff positions, and $15,900 for operating costs. A nine-member, Governor-appointed advisory board guides the program; initial appointments are due August 1, 2025, and the board is scheduled to end September 1, 2031, subject to review. Annual reports begin September 1, 2026, and continue indefinitely, showing patients served and payments to each provider.
State loans fund safety-net health care
Colorado creates the Provider Stabilization Fund, financed by $90 million in interest-free loans from the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund. The required loans arrive August 1: $25 million in 2025, $20 million in 2026, and $15 million each year from 2027 through 2029. Trust-fund interest finances the loans; principal must cover any shortfall. Repayment is due January 1, 2045; for fiscal years beginning July 1, 2026, or later, revenues at or below the state spending limit trigger a required proposal for earlier repayment. The fund also accepts gifts, grants, donations, and state funding, and the health department must use its money to obtain federal matching funds. Spending is limited to program purposes and requires annual legislative approval, including spending of federal matching funds. These interfund loans do not count as state revenue or spending under the state spending limit, and investment earnings go to the General Fund rather than this program.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Barbara Kirkmeyer
Republican • Senate
Kyle Brown
Democratic • House
Kyle Mullica
Democratic • Senate
Shannon Bird
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Andrew Boesenecker
Democratic • House
Amy Paschal
Democratic • House
Brianna Titone
Democratic • House
Chad Clifford
Democratic • House
Emily Sirota
Democratic • House
Gretchen Rydin
Democratic • House
Jennifer Bacon
Democratic • House
Junie Joseph
Democratic • House
Julie McCluskie
Democratic • House
Jacque Phillips
Democratic • House
Karen McCormick
Democratic • House
Katie Stewart
Democratic • House
Lindsay Gilchrist
Democratic • House
Lesley Smith
Democratic • House
Michael Carter
Democratic • House
Meg Froelich
Democratic • House
Mandy Lindsay
Democratic • House
Meghan Lukens
Democratic • House
Manny Rutinel
Democratic • House
Matt Soper
Republican • House
Naquetta Ricks
Democratic • House
Ryan Gonzalez
Republican • House
Sean Camacho
Democratic • House
Steven Woodrow
Democratic • House
Tisha Mauro
Democratic • House
Cathy Kipp
Democratic • Senate
Sen. F. Winter
Affiliation unavailable
James Coleman
Democratic • Senate
Julie Gonzales
Democratic • Senate
Janice Marchman
Democratic • Senate
Larry Liston
Republican • Senate
Matt Ball
Democratic • Senate
Mike Weissman
Democratic • Senate
Sen. P. Lundeen
Affiliation unavailable
Rod Pelton
Republican • Senate
Robert Rodriguez
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/7/2025
House amendments: Repass
Yes: 34 • No: 1
Senate vote • 5/7/2025
House amendments: Concur
Yes: 34 • No: 1
House vote • 5/7/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 54 • No: 11
House vote • 5/6/2025
Committee of the whole: Amd (h.001)
Yes: 19 • No: 38
House vote • 5/5/2025
Adopt amendment L.021
Yes: 2 • No: 8
House vote • 5/5/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-290, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 6 • No: 4
House vote • 4/30/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-290, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Yes: 12 • No: 1
Senate vote • 4/28/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 33 • No: 1
Senate vote • 4/28/2025
Third reading: Amend (l.010)
Yes: 31 • No: 3
Senate vote • 4/25/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-290, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-290, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/17/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-290 to the Committee on Finance.
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
5/28/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate
5/14/2025SenateSigned by the Speaker of the House
5/14/2025HouseSent to the Governor
5/14/2025HouseHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
5/7/2025HouseSenate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
5/7/2025SenateHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
5/6/2025HouseHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
5/5/2025HouseHouse Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
4/30/2025HouseIntroduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
4/29/2025HouseSenate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor
4/28/2025SenateSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
4/25/2025SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
4/25/2025SenateSenate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations
4/22/2025SenateSenate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Finance
4/17/2025SenateIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
4/14/2025Senate
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House Health & Human Services Preamend
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Senate Finance Preamend
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